Help with Equipment

[Dan Bethe]

> Well, I've built a number of Linux boxes for well < $400 -
> decent MoBo, decent disk, extra fans and GOOD ram and GOOD
> powersupplies (debugging cheap RAM and power is timeconsuming
> and WILL cost far, far more than you tried to save).

http://sf.net/projects/va-ctcs

That's VA Linux's former QA system, now the de facto for Redhat, SGI, the Linux
kernel team, etc.  Check it out of CVS (instructions are there) and type
'./newburn' and come back in 12 to 24 hours to see if your system is production
quality.  Runs on intel-compatible Linux, ppc Linux, perhaps others.

> Load balancing can be done by software until you have the funds
> to by a dedicated turnkey system like the F5 or Local Director.

http://linuxvirtualserver.org

This has been production quality for years and is comparable to most of the
load balancers, clusterers, and failovers of any price.

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